Posted on 11/02/2009 4:31:00 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
The U.S. Navy says an American-flagged cargo vessel has escaped a brush with armed pirates off the coast of East Africa.
A spokesman for the U.S. 5th Fleet in Bahrain says the MV Harriette came under small arms fire from suspected pirates Monday aboard two skiffs about 360 nautical miles off Mombasa, Kenya.
Lt. Nate Christensen says pirates came within three feet (a meter) of the vessel, but were unable to board. He says no one on the U.S. ship was injured.
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What did they do, pour boiling oil on them?
Hope so!!
They should have sunk both of the little boats and not have told anyone about the incident.
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